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Sep 16, 2026

Northwest Shell Egg Stocks 24% Below Five-Year Median

Northwest shell egg stocks sit 24% below the five-year median at 53.3 thousand cases. The national large white benchmark held at 35.5 cents. Medium white conventional climbed 13.3% to 28.6 cents a dozen.

Numbers as of Sep 16, 2026 pull

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The national large white loose benchmark held at 35.5 cents a dozen, per USDA data as of September 15. Northwest total shell egg inventory came in at 53.3 thousand cases as of September 14, USDA data show, 24% below its five-year median and the furthest below normal of any region in the current dataset. APHIS has recorded no HPAI detections in egg-layer flocks in the past 60 days.

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  • California cage-free large white loose held at 55.8 cents a dozen, up 24.1% week over week from 45.0 cents, per USDA national data.
  • Medium white national conventional loose rose to 28.6 cents a dozen, up 13.3% week over week from 25.3 cents.
  • Large brown national cage-free loose fell to 95.0 cents a dozen, down 11.9% week over week from 108 cents, the largest weekly decline in the current data.
  • Extra large white national cage-free loose slipped to 45.0 cents, down 6.2% week over week from 48.0 cents.
  • New York medium white delivered store door rose to 62.0 cents, up 6.9% week over week from 58.0 cents.
  • Extra large white national conventional loose firmed to 41.9 cents, up 5.2% week over week from 39.9 cents.

USDA's September 15 data shows cage-free large white loose at 27.3 cents against conventional large white at 35.5 cents, a gap of minus 8.2 cents, or a 23% discount to conventional.

US national shell egg inventory came in at 1,461 thousand cases as of September 14, 1.2% below the trailing four-week average. Per USDA's September 11 Egg Markets Overview, the national large white loose market was steady with a steady to weak undertone, offerings light to moderate and trading mostly slow to moderate.

Retail feature activity for the week of September 7 showed 590 stores featuring national large white 12-count cartons at $0.97, per USDA. USDA's September 11 Egg Markets Overview reported the average ad price for conventional caged eggs rose 5 cents to $1.41 a dozen on higher feature activity.

Data note: 54 series have not updated in more than two weeks, including California cage-free brown and white diet-variety loose delivered formats. None are cited in this issue.

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